Creative & iDA Judges | Media Judges

Ben Walker Creative Director Wieden + Kennedy, London Ben Walker started his career at Leo Burnett when film was still cut from the neg and press ads were still literally pasted on boards and people used grant enlargers to do their layouts. Six years there taught him how to party hard, but he got onto the slightly more serious act of making ads at Simons Palmer Clemmow Johnsson. By the time TBWA swallowed merged with that company up he was fully ensconced in making some good ads which never got any awards and plenty of bad ones which did. After six years he and his partner of 20 years Mat Gooden left to join the fledgling London office of Wieden and Kennedy. There they have sat and watched the place transform from grimy backstreet boy into a fine creative powerhouse. Not much of this is down to Ben it must be said, although his time on Honda and Lurpak did prove productive and he managed to do that rare thing of producing work which pleased both him and the awards juries. Ben has slept his way to the position of creative director where he now looks after Nokia around the world. This keeps him very busy but not busy enough to stop him looking after his beloved Lurpak as well and dip his toe into some of the other interesting projects always on the go at Wieden and Kennedy.
Sam Ball Creative Partner Lean Mean Fighting Machine, London In 2004 Sam Ball became one of the founding partners in the advertising agency Lean Mean Fighting Machine. Sam has worked with his creative partner Dave Bedwood for 12 years. Initially from a traditional background they moved into online advertising ten years ago. 2005 saw them pick up Campaign's Young Achievers of the Year Award and they were recently voted by their UK peers to be the number one creative team in online advertising. In the last couple of years Sam has picked up many a coveted award, including D&AD, One Show, Clio Creative Circle, LIA, and a Webby. Lean Mean Fighting Machine was awarded the digital agency of the year prize at The Cannes Advertising Festival 2008.
Lance Martin Executive Creative Director Taxi2, Toronto Lance Martin, executive creative director at TAXI 2, has developed award-winning campaigns for both famous Canadian brands and as well as those known in households around the world. With nearly two decades' experience in advertising, he is well-regarded not only for exceptional creative abilities but also for a keen business sense a combination that's helped him develop strong client relationships and foster an environment of collaboration and innovation. During his nine-year TAXI tenure, Lance has been integral in creating some of the agency's hallmark work, which includes campaigns for VIAGRA, Nike and the Worldwide Short Film Festival. In Sept. 2006, he was named creative director of TAXI 2, a sibling office to the agency's Toronto headquarters. Since then, Lance has pitched and won accounts ranging from The Weather Network and Koodo Mobile to Burger King Corp. Of the many brands in his portfolio, perhaps his best known efforts are for MINI, a TAXI client since 2002. Lance has been a key player in bringing this iconic brand to life and the work has repeatedly been recognized at the International Advertising Festival in Cannes, France. In addition, many of the campaigns created in Canada have been picked up globally. He was promoted to executive creative director in Sept. 2008. Lance's work has been recognized at numerous creative competitions. He has won four Cannes Lions, five One Show pencils and two Clios, among other awards. A native of Toronto, he lives 10 minutes from the office, which is convenient because that's where he spends most of his time.
Pinit Chantaprateep Deputy Chairman, Chief Creative Officer JWT Thailand Pinit started his career in Leo Burnett as an Art Director before moving to DDB as a Creative Director. He has been Executive Creative Director at JWT for over fifteen years. In that period, despite having to contend with a devastating economic meltdown, his firm but gentle guidance has propelled the agency from virtually nowhere to the very top of Bangkok's premier division of creative hot-shops and create many successful stories of client business which turn JWT Bangkok become to be no.11 in ranking for most awards by The World Gunn Report. In 2003, after stellar performance at local and international award's shows for Chiclets, Viagra, Orange, Ford King Kong', Nippon Paint, Double A paper, Top Charoen Optical products, and Muang Thai Assurance. Pinit was awarded Media Magazine's Creative of the Year in Asia Pacific. For Pinit, he is a driving force for the Thai advertising industry as a whole, having given far more than his fair share of time, effort and energy as an active committee member of both the Bangkok Art Director's Club (BAD) and Adman Awards & Symposium. He was Chairman of BAD in 2000 and served as judge in the Asian Outdoor Festival in the same year. In 2003 he participated as a judge in AdFest and in 2004 for Media Spikes in Hong Kong, HK4A, Adman and Symposium in Bangkok. He has done more international judging such as ADC Awards, Clio, LIAA, D&AD, One Show.
Kim Shaw Co-Publisher and Editor Campaign Brief Asia, Australia Kim Shaw is an "awards junkie" and when he's not attending shows around the world he can be found appreciating and evaluating creative advertising as part of his daily routine. In 1984 Kim co-founded Campaign Brief with Michael Lynch in Perth, Australia. Thankfully they very quickly realised that the creative process was everything that they cared about and that they needed a larger canvas. In 1987, at the height of a recession, they opened an office in Sydney and launched Campaign Brief Australia. Two years later it's coverage area expanded to include creativity in New Zealand. In 1996, following the encouragement of Neil French and David Droga, Campaign Brief Asia was born. Kim now believes he has one of the best jobs in the world.
Koshi Uchiyama Creative Director GT inc. Tokyo During his years at Dentsu, Koshi was widely recognized for his outstanding achievements in the cutting edge media business in the fields of business development and research. In 1995, he led the launch of Japan's first large scale corporate website, "toyota.co.jp". He is credited with many accomplishments as a pioneer in designing interactive advertisements in Japan. After leaving Dentsu, Koshi established GT Inc. where he produced and directed Sony's "Connected Identity" project, a design concept that would change each time an unspecified number of users participated and which later became the leading designing method for interactive art. This project demonstrated how interactive art could be expressed through TV commercials as an extension of mass marketing. Koshi has been leading many innovative projects, focusing his efforts in website direction in the field of advertisement marketing. He continues to work with a 360 degrees advertisement plan and direction integrating all media contact points from TV commercials to video productions. With GT Inc. as his domestic company, Koshi also formed (suit)men entertainment with several partners in order to expand into the global realm. Koshi's activities concentrate on the convergence of commerce, entertainment and technology. He goes far beyond the traditional roles of a creative agency or production house and continually provides cutting edge marketing solutions through the fusing of digital communication and entertaining content. Throughout his 15 years in the industry, Koshi has continuously introduced advertisement works that fuse media art, entertainment and leading edge IT technology to the world. His feats have earned him wide acclaim, with substantial impacts on both the marketing and internet business industries.
Hwee Beng Poh Executive Creative Director DRAFTFCB , Shanghai, China If Mr. & Mrs. Poh Ah Ching didn't move from FuJian to Singapore at the beginning of the last century, there would be no Hwee Beng. She operates on solar power but prefers to live in a place where the temperature doesn't stay still at 35 degrees Celsius. So at the end of the last century Hwee Beng uprooted herself to Hong Kong and at the beginning of this new century, she moved to the motherland of her grandparents: China. Grandma used to say that back in China, she could only farm for 6 months out of the year due to the cold weather. She would really understand the fact that being in advertising in China is like farming in Singapore: working 365 days a year, 7 days a week. Grandma doesn't farm anymore. Hwee Beng is still in advertising. Sweating over her fruits of passion, in this fertile land, with her fellow farmers.
Tan Khiang Film Director WOWWOWTANK, HK Tan Khiang spent his formative years in Advertising in Saatchi & Saatchi, Singapore in 1985 before moving to Leo Burnett two years later trying to reach for the stars. In 1988, Hong Kong beckoned and he joined The Ball Partnership, which became The WCRS Ball Partnership, which became Eurocom Ball Partnership, which became Euro RSCG, all in the space of four years. He moved to Grey Hong Kong for four more years and back to Euro RSCG as a Creative Partner. He next tried his hand in retailing and sold tables and chairs, directed television commercials for three years at Water Films and Pagoda Pictures. Then the Asian crisis hit and he had to have a proper job. He became ECD at Publicis Singapore. TK joined M&C Saatchi, Hong Kong in July 2000. Met Maurice Saatchi but never got to see Charles. And for the next couple of years travelled the world shooting celebrities. In 2004, TK started wowwowtank to direct TVCs that wows. Or so he thought. Too many things to do, too little time. Keep dreaming is what makes him get out of bed each day.
Iris Lo Creative Veteran, HK Iris began her career at Synergie Advertising, later re-named Ball Partnership, where she made her name with the "不在乎天長地久，只在乎曾經擁有" Solvil et Titus campaign .She later joined O & M as Senior Copywriter and, in 1993, was recruited by JWT where she was soon promoted to Creative Director. Here, she gained widespread creative recognition from both clients and the agency for her award-winning campaigns for the Mass Transit Railway, HK Telecom, San Miguel, and Kraft. In July 1995, Iris joined Bates where she created her outstanding work for the Just Gold "Real Woman" campaign in 1998 which later claim the prestigious HK4A's Kam Fan award - the first in Bates HK's history. Her recent work includes Cannes finalist Heineken "Father & Son", Pricerite, New World Mobility, Mother's Choice etc, the big winner in HK 4A and Ad fest Award. . With her leadership Bates HK became one of the most awarded agency in the last three years, the Pricerite campaign was selected the 100 most awarded campaign in 2003 Gunn Report. Bates HK was first ever listed in Gunn Report agency club. In 2005, Iris joined M&C Saatchi and became ECD of Hong Kong, working on the Lo's newly win business KFC, eBay, Union Square, Langham Place and Orbis. Iris was invited by Dan Wieden to run W+K shanghai in 2007 work on Nike, Nokia, Xin Tien Di and English Exchange. Iris' work has not only been recognized locally, but also at international awards shows such as: The One Show, London International Advertising Awards, and Cannes. Iris was also one of the judges for the HK4As, Adfest, China Times Award, China 4As and Longxi Awards. Now, Iris is back to Hong Kong taking a break.